Memories Never Fade

Chapter 1: The Beginning

   Oh? Hello there! My name is Vivian. I bet you are wondering who I am right? Well I'll tell you. In my city we have normal people. But most of us are not your regular human being. Many of us have magical abilities or powers! As for me I am a Phoenix! I can do anything a phoenix can do. I actually also protect the galaxy! Pretty cool right? But I am mainly just the 'superhero' of my town. It is called Willow City. I am 19. What do I look like? Well I have red hair that fades to orange, tan skin, white eyes ( for the beginning of the story), and red and orange feathered wings.

   My story begins when I was 10. I had no memories of myself, my parents, or even where I came from. I woke up alone in the Willow Creek Forest. I heard rustling in a bush next to me, I was so afraid I could not move. As the rustling got louder I got more numb, it was like I was bound to the ground. Then the rustling stopped. Two red eyes were now looking at me through the bush. I made heavy eye contact with them for what seemed like forever. Then a boy rose up above the bush. The red eyes belonged to him. He looked about my age. We stared at each other in silence. The breeze even slowed to make no sound. Then he broke the silence.

    The boy:" H-hello there!"

   I said nothing. He looked confused.

    The boy:" Can you speak?"

   I sat still.

    The boy:" Are you too afraid to speak?"

   Instead of sitting still I grabbed all of my courage and nodded.

    The boy:" Oh? Well you don't have to be afraid of me, I won't hurt you." 

   I stared at him with a confused expression.

    The boy:" I promise!"

   Then he moved to the front of the bush. I thought that this was a bad idea but even so I had a feeling that I could trust him. He looked nice. Besides the red eyes he had black hair that faded to a deep red, he had pale skin, and strange but scary fangs. He wore ripped jeans and a huge black hoodie. He held out his hand so he could help me up. I looked at his hand, then at him. I could trust him.

    Me:" O-okay... who a-are you?"

   He looked surprised but he then changed it to a smile. His smile looked... nice and warm. As I took his hand he said," You can call me MJ!"

   He helped me up. I thought for a second,  ' MJ, do I have a name? I can't remember.'

   Then it hit me. A name so familiar, I think it was mine.

    The boy:" What's your name?"

   I stared.

    The boy:" It's okay. You don't have to tell me your name."

    Me:" My name is... Vivian."

   He stared, then gave me that warm smile. We started walking through the forest till we reached a beautiful tree.

   I gazed at it in amazement. When I realized it got quiet I noticed MJ was gone. Then I heard giggling in a hole at the bottom of the tree. I went in and saw that he was hiding. He had his hands covering his eyes. I was confused. 

    Me: " What are you doing?"

    MJ: " Playing hide and seek with you!"

    Me: " What is hide and seek?"

    MJ: " It is where one person hides and the other counts to 10 and then tries to find them!"

    Me: " Oh!"

    MJ: " We can start over if you'd like!"

   I nodded and went back to a smaller tree and counted to 10. I looked back to see the quiet calm forest. It was so peaceful...so real. I still could not remember any of my past. Who was I? I was Vivian, the girl who had no memory, but has a friend named MJ. He was all I had. I started my search for him. When I listened for him I heard nothing. I searched his last spot. He wasn't there. I looked in the bushes. He wasn't there. I started to cry and whimper. Where did he go?

                                                  Part 2 of Chapter 1 coming soon! ;)

   I hope you enjoyed! This took me a week to rewrite onto this! Let me know about how you feel about it and give me any advice on my writing. Give me any ideas on a new book idea as well! Thank you for reading. I will be writing part 2 immediately!